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Jersey City Writers is a community of dedicated scribes who seek to develop and explore their craft by interacting with other writers. We inspire and support each other to be the best writers we can be in a fun and open social setting.
All genres are welcome. We encourage you to finish your play, your novel or your short story. Stop by and bond with other writers who understand the complicated, yet satisfying process of creating something from nothing.
If you are a local writer seeking inspiration, support and accountabilityโฆcome join us!
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This children's picture book (with illustrations by Arnel T. Dime, Jr.) is adapted from Ross's short animated film of the same name. Inspired by an Icelandic folktale, the Queenโs cat ends up on an adventure in the countryside, where he experiences new things, and falls in love.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ "๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ"โ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ตโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ด๐ท๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต (๐๐๐๐: ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต), ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ@๐ซ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐บ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ด๐ท๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.
- linda d.
- David B.
- Elizabeth O.
- 8 attendees
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๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐พ๐. ๐ฒ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ5-๐๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐s ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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Nancy Mรฉndez-Booth is a Jersey City-based writer/editor, educator, and performer. Her work has appeared in print and online, including Poets & Writers and Salon, and she has performed at venues including Cornelia Street Cafe and The Moth. (Select performances can be viewed on YouTube.) Nancy's athletic experience includes a 20+ year yoga practice, eight-time marathon finisher, collegiate rower, cycling, and swimming. Follow her on social media (@nmenbooth Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn; Nancy Mendez-Booth Facebook author page), visit nancymendezbooth.com, and contact her at [masked] for information on academic tutoring, writing coaching, workshops and presentations, and writing/editing services.
๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ is a community where writers interact to develop and explore their craft. JCWโs programming -- now 100% online -- includes dozens of monthly events such as workshops, writing marathons, and live readings. To learn more about the JCW community, drop us a line at [masked] so you can receive ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ป๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ซ, our weekly newsletter.
- Rachel P.
- Nancy M.
- 2 attendees
At the in-person JCW workshop, we read the submitted work aloud then give the writer constructive feedback. We would LOVE it if you would read the pieces in advance and prep your notes.
Keep your eye on your inbox. We will send an email when the workshop pieces are in the folder.
Link for JCW Tuesdays drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15mMmCKFv3pWNiY_W3p4WYdKGpn-SXn8M?usp=sharing
Please note: This is a restricted folder. To get access either ask for it when you click the link above OR email [masked].
Thank you!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
โข You must sign up for Writers Workshop in advance.
โข You must be an active JCW member to be scheduled.
Monthly Schedule for Tuesday:
1st Tuesday of the Month: JCW Short Story Salon. We give the salon treatment to a famous, not-so-famous, or even notorious short work of fiction every month.
2nd Tuesday of the Month: Writersโ Workshop. Constructive criticism of unpublished work from JCW members. MUST SUBMIT IN ADVANCE.
3rd Tuesday of the Month: Trope or Choke. Constrained writing at its quirkiest.
4th Tuesday of the Month: Writersโ Workshop. Constructive criticism of unpublished work from JCW members. MUST SUBMIT IN ADVANCE.
- Rachel P.
- Nicole N.
- Geisa B.
- 6 attendees
Calling all poets!
This workshop begins with critiques of two poems, each by an author who signed up ahead of time. The workshop ends, if time permits, with a 10-15 minute writing prompt (an idea to incorporate into a poem written on the spot).
Please note that if you have never attended Jersey Plums before, you must attend at least once before you may schedule a poem for critique. To get on the schedule, please speak to a moderator at the workshop.
While critiquing poems, we will mind our Pโs and Qโs by first discussing what works in the poem, and then asking questions for clarity, understanding, and figuring out how the poem can be stronger or improved. This helps to keep the feedback positive and constructive.
Please reach out to David, the event organizer, on meetup if you have questions.
NOTE: The workshop begins with an explicit framing of expectations about how to participate in the workshop. New members will not be admitted after the opening of the workshop has concluded, so please be prompt.
- David
- Laura D.
- Vanessa C.
- 6 attendees
Past events (2,353)
- Jim D.
- Craig J.
- Elizabeth O.
- 5 attendees